Monday, February 21, 2011

Day 5: Prevent is Better Than Cure: Dengue, Malaria and Filiarasis

Today was another great Sunday morning which after we had our breakfast, all got assembled at the DHO for a lecture by Mr. Mohd Zahid, a Health Inspector with 15 years of experience in Vector Borne Disease Unit, DHO Sik. We were first introduced to the organization chart, vision and mission of the unit. Under the unit, there are Dengue and Malaria team which consisted of 2 people each.
We were also informed that Sik is a district endemic to dengue while Malaria is mainly introduced by foreign workers working in the agriculture industry. Filiariasis on the other hand were monitored by the Malaria unit under Active Case Detection(ACD) due to it's rarity in this district. According to Mr. Mohd Zahid, Chikungunya was a major problem during late 2008 to 2009 as many were involved. There were no major outbreaks in Sik for the past 2 years.

Among the activities carried out by the Dengue unit here in Sik were:

- Dengue Survey - Done usually in the morning when cases were reported
- Fogging - Done in the evening unless raining with Malathion
- Abating
- Larvaticide
- Law Action - Under Vector Destruction Act 1975
- Active Case Detection

Activities in the Malaria Unit includes:

- Monitoring areas abundant with foreign workers - Especially Depot Tahanan Imigresen Belantik.
- BFMP Slides for case detection
- ACD/PCD
- Focal spraying
- Medicated Nettings

We were also briefed on Aedes Survey Procedure done as routine here in Sik to minimize the cases of Dengue infection in this district. Then, we were introduced to the notification system used by the Ministry of health known as e-Dengue where details of cases detected in hospitals and clinics will be notified to the DHO through this online network.

After the briefing session, we were brought to a Kampung Masjid, 30km from Sik Town, to have an overview of how the field survey was carried out and how the sample was taken for lab investigation after the mosquitoes larvae were found. We were also told that only if more than 5 larvaes are found, one can be compounded. It was a whole new exposure for all of us.

In the afternoon, we were given a demonstration on the mixtures of fogging solutions and the equipments used during fogging activities. Ansingke charge of 200 Ml Malathion 96T can be used to fog 4 to 5 houses. For large residential areas where roads were easily accessible, larger machine known as the ULB is often used.

The day ended with a visit to the Imigration Detention Depot at Belantik.


Shaun Ng Chong Sian

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